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. >> is the president using a hatchet or scalpel with the new spending freeze? with us, tom bevins. hey, tom. >> what is it a scalpel or hatchet or something else? >> well, i mean one of the things about the rollup is confusion. it was presented in the news as a hatchet, an across the board spending freeze, $447 billion for these discretionary nondefense items. that's locked in for three years but administration officials are now going back and telling people that no, that's a cap and within that cap, certain areas can be boosted and other areas taken down. so it's not exactly clear what it is, whether it's a hatchet or a scalpel at this point. >> shepard: translation, sounds like a bunch of hooey. >> well, i think -- it is obama's effort, one of the ideas pushed on him i think by centrist democrats, including evan bayh, to tackle the issue. it's an issue he lost massive support in over the last year, down in the 30s in terms of approval. he's got to get a handle on it and that's one of the lessons the administration learned from the massachusetts election. >> shepard: do you think
. >> is the president using a hatchet or scalpel with the new spending freeze? with us, tom bevins. hey, tom. >> what is it a scalpel or hatchet or something else? >> well, i mean one of the things about the rollup is confusion. it was presented in the news as a hatchet, an across the board spending freeze, $447 billion for these discretionary nondefense items. that's locked in for three years but administration officials are now going back and telling people that no, that's a...
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thanks for watching us tonight. the bold fresh tour begins and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. on saturday night in long island, new york west bury to be exact. the bold glenn beck and the fresh bill o'reilly took the stage in front of a sold out house. judging from crowd reaction everybody had a good time, including the bold fresh guys. >> peter jennings used to work for abc news. peter said you have to lose that edge. i said you know, peter, i don't think so. and now i'm making like twice as much money that peter made. [ laughter ] but he was a good guy. peter was a good guy. he is a little -- but he was a good guy. he said why don't you wear those little pocky hankies, i said i don't know one human being who wear as pocket hanky. nobody but you. if i go to page lane with a pocket hanky, i will get beat up. people will hit me, peter. i will have swelling. >> uh-oh. i swear we have. >> bill: wait a minute. you have a woman cheering the bag. did you hear that woman in the woman cheered the
thanks for watching us tonight. the bold fresh tour begins and that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. on saturday night in long island, new york west bury to be exact. the bold glenn beck and the fresh bill o'reilly took the stage in front of a sold out house. judging from crowd reaction everybody had a good time, including the bold fresh guys. >> peter jennings used to work for abc news. peter said you have to lose that edge. i said you know, peter, i don't think so....
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rich edison is joining us from the fox business network. so, gee, you know, i mean, rich, you take a look at that number, how bad do we expect them to get from here? >> reporter: martha, they'll be ugly and analysts expect the federal government to continue running these deficits in the future. last year, the u.s. ran up about a trillion and a half dollars in debt, analysts expect the office to forecast about the same, trillion and a half budget decifit this year, the recession has cost millions of jobs, there are fewer people working and that means fewer paying taxes and less government revenue. on top of that, the government is spending much more money, some analysts say even after the recession, the feds will continue to hit trillion dollars deficits. martha: you know, is there any indication, rich, that these numbers have any real meaning with folks on capitol hill? because people at home look at this and they are outraged by how quickly this has gone up. >> reporter: they're talking about t. doesn't mean they'll act on it and it's up t
rich edison is joining us from the fox business network. so, gee, you know, i mean, rich, you take a look at that number, how bad do we expect them to get from here? >> reporter: martha, they'll be ugly and analysts expect the federal government to continue running these deficits in the future. last year, the u.s. ran up about a trillion and a half dollars in debt, analysts expect the office to forecast about the same, trillion and a half budget decifit this year, the recession has cost...
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the coast guard will be with us next to show us what's going on. jon: new next hour, the white house saying it disagrees with a report card showing how the administration is doing on preventing a terror attack using weapons of mass destruction. in haiti people are finding that food and water aren't the only things in short supply, even when they can find necessities, they're having trouble getting their hands on cash. plus, what you need to know about the new rules for credit cards. did you know they're coming? how you can save yourself some money before it's too late. jane: immigration authorities in this country say a new and deadly kind of human smuggling is on the rise. police in san diego are seeing more scenes like this one. here you can see them rounding up nine illegals after that boat, which was overloaded -- it cap sized while they were trying to enter the u.s. by sea. at least one man on board that boat drowned. captain thomas harris, thanks for being here. they're coming by sea because it's gotten so much harder, as i understand, to do
the coast guard will be with us next to show us what's going on. jon: new next hour, the white house saying it disagrees with a report card showing how the administration is doing on preventing a terror attack using weapons of mass destruction. in haiti people are finding that food and water aren't the only things in short supply, even when they can find necessities, they're having trouble getting their hands on cash. plus, what you need to know about the new rules for credit cards. did you...
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let us make decisions for ourselves. let us accept responsibility that our constituents gave us. let us reject this commission. mr. president, i have a unanimous consent request that i have cleared with both sides. i ask that my amendment number 3300 be modified with the modification i send to the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? hearing no objection, without objection, so ordered. mr. baucus: it is a mosques which i make on behalf of senator grassley and myself would make clear that the changes to the social security taxes would be off the table as well. the parliamentarian's office has advised us that this is how the chair would have interpreted my original language. this modification makes that clear. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: i ask consent the following staff of mine be granted privileges of the floor. christopher gobley, lucas hamilton and sev polymus. without objection. mr. baucus: i yield the floor. mr. gregg: cot chair advise us as to the status of the time right now? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire has 19
let us make decisions for ourselves. let us accept responsibility that our constituents gave us. let us reject this commission. mr. president, i have a unanimous consent request that i have cleared with both sides. i ask that my amendment number 3300 be modified with the modification i send to the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? hearing no objection, without objection, so ordered. mr. baucus: it is a mosques which i make on behalf of senator grassley and myself would make clear...